>> goods morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. we are back. it's monday. the week starts now. glad you are with us this morning. i am ainsley earhardt. it is monday october the 8th. it is time for your 5@5:00. new developments in the case of a missing colorado girl who vanished while she was walking to school in westminster colorado last week. cops are expanding the search after they found a backpack a water bottle in a neighboring

town. they say they believe it belongs to 10-year-old jessica ridge way. the items were found about 6 miles away in the town of superior. ridge way's grandmother says the girl visited missouri 6 weeks ago. >> it is really hard we can't be there with the rest of her family and be there in a door to door search. >> the father is also fighting for custody of the little girl right now but they do not believe she is with them. >> overnight a member of the house committee is searching for a fact finding mission in libya this after a major hearing probing the terror attack which killed ambassador and three americans. utah congressman telling fox news it was clear those on the ground asked for more personnel to secure the consulate in be benghazi. rather than letting security dictate security they left pot

politics dictate security. >> hugo chavez has been re-elected to serve a third term in office with 54 percent of the vote. he defeated his opposition candidate in one of the closest elections in years. it comes months after he under went cancer treatment. two major chinese tell communication firms looking to do business here or are they looking to spy on us? >> if i were an american company today and i tell you this as chairman of the house select committee on intelligence and you were looking at roy way i would find another vendor if you care about your intellectual property care about consumer's privacy and care about the national security of the united states of america. >> that is a strong warning from house intelligence committee chairman. the largest of telecommunications equipment and zte they both want to expand in the u.s. a new report says they would spy

and commit other cybercrimes. they both have close ties to china's government. they deny any intention of spying. the space tech dragon blasting off cape canaveral. headed to the international space station. take a look at this right here. it is bringing science equipment up here but more importantly is chocolate swirl ice cream for the iss crew. second launch of a dragon ship by the company space x. that is your 5@5:00. we are now fewer than 30-days away from the presidential election. both president obama and mitt romney pulling out all of the stops. >> a few hours from now mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech. doug is live with more. >> good morning guys. good to see you all. it is the home stretch all signs of this race is really

tightening up. the swing state advantage the president had early last week has now evaporated largely after romney's strong de late last week. his weekend crowds were among the largest of the campaign rallies today. >> i am not convinced you will have a chance to hear his answers or nonanswers. now of course days later we are hearing his excuses and next january we will be watching him leave the white house for the last time. as you said romney will have the swing state in lexington. in anticipation of that address the obama campaign releasing an ad that attacks his recent trip to europe and israel. >> reckless, amateurish that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's

tour of england israel and poland. last night at a celebrity rich fundraiser in los angeles he trumpeted what he believers are his own foreign policy successes. oo will oo four years ago i told you i would end the war in iraq and we did. i said i would end the war in afghanistan we are. i said we would focus on people who actually attacked us on 9-11. today osama bin laden is mow more. >> we can expect to hear a different story from governor romney today. one that will include terrorist attacks to benghazi. some call administration cover up of security lapses there. he will address what he believes is a general lapse in leadership

islamic extremism to flourish and thrive as a regional and international threat. ainsley, heather, back to you. a lot of conservatives, too, asking to get the foreign policy speech later today. speaking of the 2011 election see who is talking this morning. we are hearing from the campaign senior advisors. david axle rod and dave gillespie. in axle rod obama senior advisor slams romney calling his debate performance a poerformance. >> the president planned on having an honest discussion of where we go as a country and romney shows up to deliver a performance. he delivered a performance. it was completely unrooted in the positions he has taken before. he spent 90 minutes undoing two years of campaigning on the

stage. >> are you saying governor romney lied or was dishonest? >> yes he was dishonest. when he said he didn't propose 5 million in tax cuts he was dishonest. he said to 70 million americans i will repeal obama care but i will still be able to cover people with preexisting conditions. 10 minutes after the debate he sent someone in he really didn't mean that. he said i want more teachers. i love teachers. it was a few weeks ago he chastised the president saying we don't need more teachers we don't need more government. yes i would say he was dishonest? >> would you go so far as he lied? >> i am saying he was dishonest with his answers. you can take that however you want. >> the romney campaign issuing their own attacks on the performance. gillespie said romney delivered

facts the president couldn't. >> the problem we have is the debate performance wasn't a matter of style it was a matter of substance. romney laid out a plan for turning this economy around and getting things moving again. he had a fact based critique of president obama's failed policies that the president was unable to respond to. and today and since then the obama campaign they remind me a little bit of a 7-year-old losing a checker game instead of being frustrated at the outcome they sweep the board off the table. the fact is if president obama is re-elected as governor romney pulled out we are going to have continued chronically high unemployment and we are going to have continued massive staff instead of moving toward a budget. healthcare premium also continue to rise 20 million americans will lose their employer based health insurance on obama care

and rake 716 billion from medicare. governor romney will have a different approach that will move this country in the right direction. that's what they are frustrated about, george. >> we will preview the vice presidential debate. what should we hear from joe biden? we will all be watching that this thursday. >> time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. >> hi, good morning. good to see you. we are dealing with chilly temperatures across a big chunk of the country across portions of the midwest, the great lakes northeast and even down into texas. temperatures well below average. we had a strong front push on through this entire eastern half of the country leighing behind much colder air. 44 in dallas. well below average. 35 degrees in chicago. 39 in cleveland. 46 degrees in new york city. we can pretty much say we have seen a transition from summer into fall and of course some of us even into winter like weather where we saw snowfall across portions of the planes over t--s

over the weekend. the great lakes through interior northeast and frost advisories across central pennsylvania and up state new york. some of you early this morning will be scraping off frost off your car windshield and frost advisories and freeze warnings in parts of texas not much rain leftover with this front. some rainfall lingering across portions of the tennessee valley. quick shot of the high temperatures not warming up a whole lot. cool in texas up through the northeast. heather, ainsley. >> now to stories you can bank on this morning. the slow u.s. economic recovery to hit earnings hard this summer. here is lauren simonetti at fox business network. >> third quarter earning series kicks off with the giant alcoa. we want to know how american companies slowed down in europe and china and high oil prices. analysts say not so good. earnings per share of the s&p

500 will tall 2 and a quarter percent according to fact set. that would be the worst showing since the end of 2009. >> banks are really making banks on the over draft fees. >> until 2 years ago they could sign customers up for over draft protection programs. now thanks to new rules being imposed the feds they must get the client's permission first. over draft fees charged by banks rose from 38 billion last union to 31 and a half billion this june. that's a rise of 2 percent. even the number of being charged has dropped the worry is they are pulling them out of banks forever they are going to payday loans. it is changing. >> the banks were spelling it ought out for you. >> you have to pay tanks to everything they give you in writing. >> good to see you this morning. it is 11 after the hour.

coming up they are permanent reminders of two fallen soldiers now these tattoos could cost an army veteran a job. >> they want to make kids run laps when they break the rules saying it is similar to corporal punishment. is it fine or is it over the line? we report you decide.

a>> good morning to you. it is quarter past the hour. california governor jerry brown is taking drastic steps to erase record high gas prices in his state. he has asked the states' pollution board to allow gas stations to start selling their winter blend gasoline at an earlier date in order to increase supplies. sunday the averaged price of gasoline in california hit a record of $4.65 a gallon. many were selling it for more than $5.

low which is mint has died at the age of 85. she worked with meryl streep, marilyn monroe and also whitney houston. smith passed away from a brain hemorrhage after an accidental fall. meningitis outbreak is getting worse this morning. there are now more than 90 cases across nine states. so far 7 people have died. marianne rafferty has the latest on this deadly outbreak. >> good morning heather and ainsley. more news from the cdc.gov as cases of fungal meningitis are on the rise and more people are being warned to look for symptoms. it has claimed the lives of at least 7 people. it is believed to have originated from a compounding center in massachusetts. there are 91 confirmed cases of fungal meningitis. >> we are investigating an unusual outbreak of meningitis. >> more than 17,000 vials of the

contaminated steroid shipped out to nearly 100 facilities in 23 states. despite the numbers only a select portion of the population may be infected. >> if you got any kind of steroid injection epidural you need to be aware of this. >> the steroid injection she received for back pain may have been con dam nated. now she is nervously anticipating the outcome of her test result. >> i had a severe headache i couldn't get up out of bed and it hasn't gone away yet. worried from day-to-day. like today it's nerve-racking. >> meningitis is treatable if it is caught early. >> health experts say you should be on the lookout for warning signs. >> symptoms they are experiencing are those that we see in cases of meningitis such as fever, headache, sometimes neck stiffness. we have seen in a few patients signs and symptoms of stroke slurred speech, dizziness, difficulty walking, sudden

weakness, et cetera. >> treatment of meningitis can take a few weeks to several months. note to any one who has come in contact with any one infected. virus is not contagious. it is forcing student athletes to run the extra laps a form of corporate punishment. some iowa school officials think so. after investigating a high school coach who made students run laps when they bad mouthed a team. running as a corporal punishment violates policies. now athletic officials are looking at getting rid of that and finding a different way to discipline the athletes. we want to know if you think this is just fine or over the line? send your comments to us you can tweet them at fox friends first or shoot us an e-mail. we will read the comments lart in the show. it is 18 after the hour.

busy touting a drop in the unemployment rate but our next guest says the jobs numbers are nothing to celebrate. adam shapiro is next. they are paying with your tax dollars but it seems like a whole lot of congressmen and women are putting themselves first. no shocker there but we will tell you what we are talking about when we come back.

>> it is 22 after the hour. time now for a segment we like to call what the hill. when we hear the stories you

will know why. if congress passing bills to help the average american or just themselves. a "washington post" study raising serious concerns and discussions about recent legislation. it found 73 law americas backing bills that could benefit themselves or their relatives. the practice is legal it's allowed under ethics rules as long as the lawmakers aren't the soul beneficiary. the new york post reporting jp morgan chase bailed out the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee and for gave 93,000 dollars he still owed on his house. israel and his wife are divorcing trying to sell the home. republicans now want an investigation. we know about this unemployment is dropping from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent in the month of september. this is something that democrats really spent the weekend celebrating. republicans say this is nothing to cheer about. listen to both sides.

>> i understand for someone who supports governor romney it was disappointing that the economy is improving that that number take down. for the country it was very good news. what it kwdoes is rob governor romney. >> this economy is not doing well. the fact that you have a white house celebrating an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent with 23 million americans you tell out of work or under employed or unemployed tells you a lot about the failure of this administration's policies. >> let's try to put politics aside for just a minute. here's what we want to know. where the j are the jobs number where they should be? are they? >> the government will tell you that. there are two numbers everybody talks about. we pay attention to the household survey number 7.8 percent. that gone by phone calling people. they call 60,000 people and say are you working? if you look at the number a large number of the people who said i am working are working

part-time. even the white house would sthais not good. >> do we have any way of knowing whether or not these people are choose to go powork part-time ty want to work part-time? >> there is a line indicating the people do want to work part-time. if you were to factor in the people who want to work part-time the people who dropped out of the work force to what the real unemployment rate would be it would be 14.7 percent. >> that's the real unemployment rate under employed a. >> we are talking about 23 million americans who want to work or are working part-time or have given up. >> how many jobs should we be creating every month? >> that's the number we should be paying attention to that's reported in the labor department every month. you need more than 200,000 jobs created every month to put people back to work and accounting for people coming out of high school going into college creating the work force. >> we are 100,000 jobs short per

months just to get us back to where we were. >> that's the bottom line. >> i know you talked to a lot of ceo and small business owners what do they say is the hang up. >> first the fiscal clip. hate the term. until congress gets the act together and deals with the fiscal problems businesses are setting out keeping 2 trillion off to the side. that's money they could be using to hire people to expand in what would be a perfect time to capture market share but they are not. they are sticking it out. >> it's really ane volumes. the labor force participation rate. the number of americans who are working right now is 63 percent. why is that significant? >> it is significant because 63.6 percent of the actual number is the lowest it has been since 1981. in 81 it was 63.5 percent. this is 30 years we have gone backwards. we need to be putting people to work. the labor participation late at 63.6 percent not good.

so bottom line these new jobs numbers even though they may sound promising, nothing to celebrate. >> nobody is going to say putting people to part-time work is bad but these people needful time jobs. >> you are going to come back again, right? >> yes. >> 26 minutes past the hour. joe biden forced to take a time-out from the campaign trail ahead of the presidential debate. what is the white house so worried about in terms of what he might say. there are permanent reminder of two fallen soldiers but it could cost an army veteran his job. we will explain what this is all about. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time...

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>> welcome back to fox and friend first. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the hour. it is time for 5@5:30. in just a few hours friends and family say their farewells for nicholas ivy. ivy's funeral will be held this morning in arizona. hundreds of loved ones attended a visitation last night. authorities believe ivy was killed by friendly fire. he and two other agents responded to a sensor alarm in

an area known for drug smuggling. more problems for the tsa at newark international airport. according to a new report 80 percent of the tsa screeners did pat downs did them incorrectly even failing to confiscate banned items from the bags. 75 percent of the time. a team of under cover tsa agents discovered these security lapses. the agency says it will use the report to improve procedures at airports nationwide. a day of joy turns into a day of tragedy after a deadly brawl breaks out during a wedding celebration. it happened in philadelphia. >> guests from two different wedding receptions were partying at a hotel bar and began fighting. a 57-year-old man dropped dead of a heart attack believed to be the uncle of one of the brides. three people facing charges for

the brawl. he served our country for nine years. now this army veteran can't get a job because of his tattoos anothering two fallen soldiers. james lyle was immediately rejected after he applied to be a pop atom paw international airport. the reason take a look at his forearm. according to policy all officers are forbidden from having visible cat dues wearing his uniform. he will fight to have that rule changed. paul ryan taking a break from the campaign trail and debate threats for a day with his family. ryan his wife and children going to the apple holler pumpkin patch to get pumpkins. a busy day continued with a trip to the petting zoo where ryan and his children fed some goats. they were at the society annual columbus day dinner. he has missed it only once in 14 years because his wife janna had

lamb m lamaze class. i did the same thing with my dad this weekend. talk politics. president obama mitt romney entering the home stretch for the presidential race. the big one will be foreign policy. >> in a few hours mitt romney will layout the vision for how the world should view america. doug luzader is live in washington with more. >> election day four weeks from tomorrow. it is getting very very close. 4 points from four key swing states. in virginia it is getting a lot of attention today. mitt romney will be in is virginia delivering major foreign policy talks. strike while the iron is hot especially in the wake of the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya last month. romney is trying to build a post debate momentum. >> i am convince the you had the

chance to hear his answers or nonanswers. now of course days later we are hearing his excuses and next january we will be watching him leave the white house for the last time. >> president obama made a return appearance to california last night. not because that state is at play but because hollywood has heavy hitters with deep pockets. >> we come a long way. we have come too far to turn back now. the last thing we can afford right now is four years of the very same policies that led us to the crisis in the first place. i cannot let it happen. that's why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. that's why i need your help. >> last week's debate will give

way. their big head to head on thursday in danville, kentucky. speaking of debate prep, president obama is going to do some of his own this coming weekend preparing and perhaps retooling ahead of the next presidential debate. that is next week. back to you guys. >> vice presidential debate is another big talker. they were talking about it all over the weekend especially on the sundays show. >> what should we expect from joe biden following the state's poor performance. turn to the political debate coach that prepped george w. bush mccain and romney for the primaries brett o'donnell for that answer. >> i am sure vice president biden got a phone call from the white house saying look we didn't go after governor romney. you have to turn up the heat. debates abore about on the grou the one who controls the debate.

i don't mean necessarily attacking your opponent. it didn't attack the president overnight governor romney stayed on message. whoever stayed on message will be viewed as the victor. biden has been coached to give back on message and to go after paul ryan. now how much he can do that we will see. i am sure congressman ryan has been preparing on the policy side k preparing mentally for this. i think both men will be prepared. >> a campaign advisor robert gibbs giving his take on how president joe biden will be taking on thursday's show down. >> the big question is which paul ryan do we get? do we get this same sort of camille onwe saw in mitt romney who walks away from virtually

thaefrg he has campaigned on for two years in a space of less than two hours. i know vice president biden is anxious and ready to do this. the president is anxious to get back. >> fox and friends will have much more debate preview. dana par reason knee is on at 8:00 a.m. >> oo before you leave the house this morning let's get the first degree weather update with maria molina. >> the face of fall. good morning everyone. we are talking about freeze warnings in effect across big chunk of the country from the northeast to great lakes even further off toward the south and frost advisories for portions of up state new york and central pennsylvania. some of you are going to be scraping off frost off your car windshield. give yourself a few extra minutes if you are tuned in early this morning and frost advisories stretch through parts of oklahoma and texas. parts of texas dealt with temperatures more than 25 degrees below the average for this time of the year over the weekend.

currently it's still on the cool side 44 in dallas 41 kansas city 45 degrees in the city of chicago. it was pulled this morning as i came into work early this morning in new york city 46 degrees out there. you will need the jackets across a combhing of the country into portions of the east. it will be cool as well as we head into the afternoon hours. not much of a rebound in north carolina. 53 for the high temperature in rally. as we head northward 55 for cleveland and new york city. >> maria thank you a lot. >> little chilly out there. >> it is. time for enter statain this. could kate upton be the next girl. definitely has the looks to pull it off during the premiere documentary everything or nothing. the untold story of 007. she is interested in the role but would need intense training to get down on all those bond girl moves. >> check it out the new twilight breaking dawn part 2 posters

have been revealed. it shows bella edward and jacob they are on top the evil part down below. the movie hits theaters on november 16th. action sequels "taken" 2" holds movie goers captive. the kidnapping thriller debuted at number one with 15 million bucks. that is double what the original made when it launched back in 2009. >> now time for the starting lineup. a roundup of all of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. 50 plus year record now break broken. drew brees breaking the record 47 straight games with a touchdown. the saints beating the chargers 31-24. now to baseball playoffs the yankees loading for a 5 run rally in the 9th against the orioles. tigers, detroit winning 5-4 for 2-0 series lead. the nationals winning their first game against the cardinals 3-2 in game one.

the reds are one game away from advancing they beat the giants 1-0. the pangers came back from an 18 point deficit to win 30-27. they dedicated that game to their coach who is battling leukemia. congratulations. >> it is time now. 40 after the hour. coming up it sounds like a warning for a crazy roller-coaster. why is detroit telling people to visit at their own risk? >> it is your last chance to answer our question of the day is forcing student athletes to run extra lapse a form of corporal punishment sfl ? we will read the comments and tweets coming up next. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between

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to see what's happening overseas. if military launching warplanes over lebanon in retaliation for mysterious drone which crossed the country over the weekend. the show of course aimed at hezbollah. new training with afghan police recruits there this after a suspension last month in response to the attacks. more than half of the 16 member force has been revetted and less than one percent has been removed. leather? >> ainsley, thank you so much. this anti jihad sign is the first one. it is sparking a real controversy in new york city. now washington, d.c. as the ad starts to go up into subway stations there. melanie on wick is life for us at dc with the lathes. good morning. >> good morning, heather. on thursday lawyers for the transit system told the judge that the fbi was investigating a verifiable threat of protests if

those posters went up here in dc. but the judge ordered anyway it should go up by 5:00 siting the first amendment the add paid for by the american freedom defense initiative say quote if in any war between civilized men and the savage. support for men israel defeats jihad. many said they are offensive because they appoint muslims with savages. siting those concerns the metro wanted to delay displaying the ads because of the protests in the middle east. metro riders have mixed feelings about the course forcing the transit system to display them. >> i think they should be allowed on free speech grounds but i think it is incredible irresponsible. >> it is a big thing to call somebody is savage. this is america freedom of speech. >> oo we don't know exactly what time those ads will go up.

we know they will go up at 5:00. there is one ad in four of the stations here. not particularly visible. they will be ready in case there are any protests. melanie thank you so much. live in washington, d.c. today. is forcing student athletes to run laps or additional lapse a form of corporate punishment. they are considering banning that practice is finding new ways to discipline their athletes. we wanted to know if you think this is just fine or over the line? here are some of your responses. josh walker tweeted us this is ridiculous. the way they learn is holding each other accountable. >> you need to learn discipline. running isn't going to hurt the athlete. it helps the athlete. >> phil said i played football in high school and ran many extra lapse and i survived.

this is part of the wussification of america. >> as long as the water i am for it. >> talk about a wild ride. a mash up in teledaga. cars spiraling out of control. >> if you spend your sundays watching football and chowing down nikki fitness is here. we have ballet combined with football. >> check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> starting 5 minutes from now what we are going to talk about is mitt romney will have a major foreign policy statement at virginia military institute. what he is going to talk about is how under our current president the united states has entered an era of weakness internationally. also we are going to talk politics. there's a university of colorado forecast that shows mitt romney will actually win the electoral

college vote. why? we will give you their breakdown. we are going to talk politics with dana perino mike huckabee and donald trump. is the united states of america a cat country or a dog country. find out as we kickoff is 11 minutes from now on the fox news channel on columbus day. begin. tomato, obviously.

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>> football season is in full swing. we have fitness news to help get you pumped up to fight away the pounds from the nachos and beer you have been drinking. we are here to help us get moving. who are you wearing? >> eagles. >> i am representing heather nauert and her family and her

kids with constant baby. >> nice. >> go wisconsin. we will start with this. >> you can do it before the game. we have monday night football. the heisman is run, run, stumble, tackle. you work your at-bats a-- abs ae cardio going. >> what about the kick return? >> kick return punt return. you have to get your knees up getting cardio. >> that looks easy but it's hard. it is difficult. >> 30 seconds of it your heart rate will be up and really burning pcalories. >> what about the line of scrimmages. >> this is plyometrics here and here. side to side. >> i want to ask you about this. what are they? i have been recently introduced to this. it is really difficult. >> you are getting high to low. maybe you have a box at home you

can jump on there on the coffee table. you are working muscles calves, quads, glutes. land softly. you don't want to land like this. land softly. line of scrimmages you want to spring up and down. >> it is not fun to do but it is working. >> it will get your heart rate up higher than anybody else. >> what about the block kick? >> it would be even better if auf wiedersehen step. you jump and try to block the kick. up and back. up and back. >> ballet moves combined with football. >> that gives you a little spring board>> any time you lift your legs up you are using you abs. >> do you have a touchdown move? >> this one works the abs and the arms at the same time. you dive to the end zone touchdown. dive to the end zone touchdown.

>> don't do what most of the guys do. >> what about the tebow. we can pray for these to come up. >> i like to do the am mass day at the end. >> this is fun to do with your husband and your kids. >> you can get the family involved do it at half time. you can do 7 pushups. you are doing this at home when you are watching this? >> i was a college cheerleader. we had to do pushups every time they scored. it's a good way to get off of the couch not feeling guilty of indulging in a nacho here and there. >> she is so good. >> i think a lot of guys are doing a lot of this. drinking the beer. >> can you catch the football. >> i will give it a shot. talk about a really wild ride. a big smash in teledaga car out of control. wait until you see how this one

ends. can you figure out the word of the day? stick around the for the answer. pop it on over.

>> coupele of minutes before the hour. the good, bad and an alaska woman gets a second right to life. it turns out wolf was a match. and next the bad enter into your own risk and that's the warning that detroit cops have visiting -- for fans visiting the city. detroit has the highest murder rate. this is in protest to the cuts to the police department. nas dar race. a 25 car pile up.